EP0016796A1 - Lead salt electric storage battery. - Google Patents

Lead salt electric storage battery.

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EP0016796A1
EP0016796A1 EP79900823A EP79900823A EP0016796A1 EP 0016796 A1 EP0016796 A1 EP 0016796A1 EP 79900823 A EP79900823 A EP 79900823A EP 79900823 A EP79900823 A EP 79900823A EP 0016796 A1 EP0016796 A1 EP 0016796A1
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Peter Olaf Henk
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M4/00—Electrodes
    • H01M4/02—Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material
    • H01M4/64—Carriers or collectors
    • H01M4/66—Selection of materials
    • H01M4/663—Selection of materials containing carbon or carbonaceous materials as conductive part, e.g. graphite, carbon fibres
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M10/00—Secondary cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M10/34—Gastight accumulators
    • H01M10/342—Gastight lead accumulators
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M10/00—Secondary cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M10/36—Accumulators not provided for in groups H01M10/05-H01M10/34
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/10—Energy storage using batteries

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  • This invention relates to a lead salt electric storage battery with electrodes of first order, i . e. a battery in which the active materi ⁇ als are deposited as coatings on the electrodes during charging and are again dissolved in the electrolyte during discharging .
  • Such batteries are known per se.
  • Electric batteries with electrodes of first order and electroly ⁇ tes other than lead salts are also known in a great many varieties, and many of these have satisfactory properties for various uses .
  • the invention is directed specifically to the problems of lead salt batteri ⁇ es , which have the potential advantage of providing a relatively inexpen ⁇ sive medium for the reversible storage of electric energy for general purposes .
  • Lead salt electric storage batteries of the type considered are known from the Western German published applications Nos . 2, 451 ,017 and 2,532, 512. These batteries contain as electrolyte aqueous solutions of lead salts of perchloric acid, tetrafluoro boric acid , hexafluoro silicic acid and/or amido sulfonic acid . From the electrolyte lead dioxide and metallic lead are deposited during charging on the anode and the cathode respectively in the form of coatings, from which they are again dissolved during discharging . By the anode is to be understood , through ⁇ out this specification , the electrode which forms the positive pole during discharge. I n the known batteries considered the anode consists of a porous, graphite-filled artificial resin having a pore volume of 20-70% and containing 50-80% graphite by weight.
  • a lead salt battery of the type described is characterized by the combination of the fol lowing features : a) the active anode body consists of a textile material graphi ⁇ tized at a temperature of at least 2500 C, b) the active anode body is connected with an electrolyte-im ⁇ pervious , electrically conductive cel l closure consisting of moulded artificial resin with moulded-in , uniformly distributed short-cut g raphite fibers likewise graphitized at a temperature of at least 2500 C, c) the connection between the active anode body and the cel closure is established either by gluing with an artificial resin glue wit mixed-in short-cut graphite fibers, likewise graphitized at a temperatur of at least 2500 C , or by embedding fibers at the surface of the activ anode body in the artificial resin of the cell closure by temporar softening of the - surface of said artificial resin by heat or by th application of a volatile solvent,
  • a graphitized textile material distinguishes itself by having great pore volume, e.g . about 85%, and the textile structure provides particularly great pore surface as related to the pore volume.
  • Thi surface consists of pure carbon in graphite form as contrasted to th combined carbon and artificial resin surface of the anode in the know lead salt batteries referred to above. This contributes to obtaining high amp-hours capacity for a given volume and a given weight of battery cell . I n spite of the great pore volume a graphitized textil material has a satisfactory mechanical strength .
  • Graphitized textil materials are available on the market and are e. g . used as a reinforce ment for artificial resins .
  • graphitized textile material i the product sold under the trade name SI GRATEX by Sigri Elektrogra ph ⁇ t GmbH . It is available in different types indicated by the additio of numerals indicating the woven structure and the graphitizin temperature which varies from 1000 C to 2600 C .
  • a material graphitized at a temperatu re of at least 2500°C should be used .
  • a material marketed under th denomination S I GRATEX GDS 8-30 has been used for the construction o batteries according to the invention with good results .
  • This material ha been made by graphitizing a textile material consisting of polyacrylonitri le. It may be possible to develop other graphitized textile material specially adapted for use as an anode material provided that the critica
  • the pore volume of the graphitized textile material amounts to about 40-70% of the total electrolyte volume.
  • the anode body may, if necessa ⁇ ry, consist of more than one layer of the graphitized textile material .
  • a material may be produced which consists of a plurality of inter-woven layers which are then graphitized as a whole. It may also be possible to use a pile fabric.
  • artificial resins suitable for the moulding of the cell closure are polyethylene, polypropylene or polystyrene, with which graphite fibers are admixed before the moulding .
  • Other artificial resins may also be used , provided of course that these materials do not in
  • the graphite fibers are referred to above as "short-cut" , and one way of producing such graphite fibers is to crush a graphitized textile material , such as that used for the anode body. It is advantageous ,
  • the graphite content may e. g . amount to about 30%.
  • O PI ⁇ - element referred to as cell closure should in itself have a sufficient m chanical strength for structural purposes. Its function is to close t cell chemically on the anode side and it could fulfil this function even it were in the form of an electrolyte-impervious film or coating on plate of higher mechanical strength .
  • Other artificial resins may also be use provided that they have satisfactory adhesive properties and do not i themselves give rise to the development of gas under the condition prevailing in the cell .
  • the gluing may take place over the whole area the anode, but it is important that the glue does not to a substanti extent penetrate into the graphitized textile material because the po volume would thereby be reduced .
  • the graphite fibers to b admixed with the glue the same conditions apply as to the graphi fibers of the cell closure.
  • the temporary softenin of the surface of the said artificial resin may be performed by applyin a volatile solvent, such as chloroform, to the surface of the cell closur whereby the artificial resin material of the cell closure is superficiall dissolved, whereafter the anode body is pressed against the cell closur e. g . by weight-loading , so that the textile fibers at the surface of th anode body may penetrate into the softened artificial resin .
  • a volatile solvent such as chloroform
  • O are obtained by using a mixture of lead silicofluoride and lead methane sulfonate in water.
  • lead methane sulfonate By adding lead methane sulfonate to lead silico ⁇ fluoride an increase of the conductivity of the electrolyte is observed, and it is assumed that additionally a dissociation of a greater number of double negative lead salt ions is obtained .
  • the advantage obtained by the use of lead methane sulfonate occurs already at a relative low proportion of this material and increases with this proportion up to a certain limit.
  • aqueous solution which is about 1 .8 molar in respect of lead silicofluoride and s about 1 .2 molar in respect of lead methane sulfonate.
  • the electrolyte may advantageously contain a small excess, about 0.15 molar, of the corresponding acids .
  • the cell or each cell of the battery is permanently hermetically closed and , at least during charging, is disposed with the electrodes in horizontal position and with the anode at the top.
  • the hermetically closed cells can be filled with the electrolyte by injection through a hole which is then closed by a stopper. If neces ⁇ sary, each individual cell may be provided with an expansion chamber or an expansible wall . Where a number of cells are surrounded by a common wail , this may e. g . be constructed in the form of a bellows .
  • the material or materials used for the cathode, on which metallic lead is deposited during charging of the battery, are not subject to any critical conditions . For reasons of economic production it may be practical to make the cathode from the same materials as the cell closure on the anode side. This is particularly the case where a number of cells are superposed to form a multi-cell battery, because the anode may
  • WIP then simply be used as a bipolar electrode, the cell closure part of th anode forming the cathode of the cell next above.
  • a cathode exactl corresponding to the cell closure of the anode, but without any anod body attached thereto may then form the bottom of the stack, and sinc this, like the cell closure, is electrically conducting, external conducto may be directly connected to these elements .
  • Various examples of th connection of external conductors to the end elements of a battery wil be described in the following .
  • Fig . 1 shows d ⁇ agrammat ⁇ cally a section through a one-cell ba tery representing a first and a second example
  • Fig . 2 shows a broken longitudinal section through a seven cell battery representing a third example
  • Fig . 3 is a side view of a sixty-cell battery representing fourth example
  • Fig . 4 shows on a larger scale a vertical part section throug the battery of Fig . 3
  • Fig . 5 is a top view of the battery of Fig . 3.
  • Example 1 One-cell battery, Fig . 1 .
  • Two elements are made by moulding under heat and pressur from a mixture of one part by weight of polyethylene and two parts b weight of short-cut, e. g . crushed graphite fibers .
  • the two elements which each constitutes a circular plate with a thickness of 0.4 mm and diameter of 50 mm with a protruding collar portion , are referred to a anode cap 1 and cathode cap 2 respectively.
  • the anode cap 1 is electro lytically copper-plated on its outer face to form a thin layer 3, while a anode body 4 consisting of graphitized porous textile material is glue to the inner face of the anode cap 1 over the whole of its area b means of an electrically conducting glue 5 consisting of polyisobutylen and short-cut graphite fibers .
  • the porous textile material which ha been graphitized at 2500°C , has a thickness of 2.7 mm and a por volume of 85%.
  • the cathode cap 2 is electrolyt ⁇ cally copper-plated on it outer face to form a layer 6.
  • a piece of liquid-permeable polypropylen paper 8 is glued to a thin-walled polyvinylchloride ring 7 so as t extend smoothly and in a stretched state across the cross-sectional are of the ring 7.
  • the anode cap 1 is introduced into the ring 7 on on side of the polypropylene paper 8 so as to bring the graphitized porou textile material 4 into contact with the polypropylene paper 8, whereaft the cap 1 is fixed to the ring 7 by gluing .
  • the cathode cap 2 is introduced into the ring 7 and fixed by gluing in a position such that the free distance from the polypropylene paper 8 to the cap 2 is 2 mm.
  • the polypropylene paper serves as a liquid-pervious supporting diaphragm or separator which prevents any detached graphite particles from penetrating into the electrolyte.
  • the electrolyte is an aqueous solution which is 3-molar in respect of lead silicofluoride and which additionally contains a small excess , 0.15- molar, of the corresponding acid .
  • Example 2 One-cell battery, Fig. 1 .
  • the build-up is the same as in example 1 , however, the elec ⁇ trolyte is in this case an aqueous solution which is 1 .8-molar in respect of lead silicofluoride and 1 .2-molar in respect of lead methane sulfonate. Moreover, there is a small excess of the corresponding acids corre ⁇ sponding to 0.15-molar.
  • the following test results have been obtained :
  • Example 3 Seven-cell battery, Fig . 2.
  • caps 11 are made by moulding under heat and pressure from 11 parts by weight of polystyrene and 10 parts by weight of crushed graphite fibers .
  • the caps have a thickness of 0.5 mm and a diameter of 150 mm and are constructed with a protruding collar portion .
  • a top cap 12 and a bottom cap 13 are produced , each having a thickness of 1 mm .
  • Tin-plated steel plates 14 and 15, respectively, having a thickness of 0.25 mm, and to which tin-plated steel wire nets 16 and 17, respectively, are attached by spot soldering are
  • a anode body 19 having a thickness of 2.7 mm and consisting of porou textile material graphitized at 2500°C and having a pore volume of 85 is fixed to each of the caps 11 and 12 in an interface layer 18 by mean of chloroform vapour.
  • the caps are introduced into and glued to thin-walled polyvinylchloride tube 20 in the following succession startin from the bottom : 13, 11 , , 11 , 12.
  • a piece of liquid-permeable polypropylene paper 21 is mounte at a distance of 2 mm from the cap 13, 11 , , 11 next below b means of 2 mm high spacing rings distributed over the cross-sectiona area .
  • Electrolyte is injected through holes bored in the wall of th tube 20, and the holes are then closed by means of silicon rubber stop pers .
  • the electrolyte is an aqueous solution which is 1 .8-molar i respect of lead silicofluoride and 1 .2-molar in respect of lead methan sulfonate. Moreover, there is a small excess, 0.15-molar, of the corre sponding acids .
  • Example-4 Sixty-cell battery, Figs . 3, 4 and 5.
  • Fiftynine identical caps 41 are made by moulding under hea and pressure from 11 parts by weight of polystyrene and 10 parts b weight of crushed graphite fibers .
  • the caps have a thickness of 0. mm, are square with a side length of 550 mm and are constructed wit a protruding collar portion .
  • a top cap 42 is made from the same polysty rene/graphite fiber mixture and has a thickness of 1 .5 mm .
  • an aluminum top cover 43 is made by injection moulding in the form of square plate which on its upper side is constructed with re-inforcemen ribs 53 and an upwardly extending edge 54.
  • a circular plug 52 of steel is pressed into a hole of the top cover 43 by crimping .
  • the plug 52 i tin-plated on its top face. It serves for the connection of an oute supply conductor by means of a magnet.
  • the aluminum top cover 43 i tin-plated on its underside, and a tin-plated steel wire net 44 is attach thereto by a multitude of spot solderings .
  • a bottom cap 45 having a thickness of 1 .5 mm is made from the same polystyrene/graphite fiber mixture.
  • a bottom cover 46 consist ⁇ ing of a steel plate, which is provided with a collar 55 and a flange 56, fits in the bottom cap. The flange 56 extends beyond the contour of the bottom cap and is provided with holes 47 for the electrically conducting fastening of the battery.
  • the steel plate is tin-plated on its upper face and a tin-plated steel wire net is attached thereto by a multitude of spot solderings .
  • the bottom cover 46 is pressed into the bottom cap 45 with the application of heat.
  • An anode body 48 having a thickness of 3.6 mm and consisting of a porous textile material graphitized at 2500°C and having a pore volume of 85% is welded into each of the fiftynine caps 41 by means of chloroform vapour.
  • the caps are introduced into a square polyvinylchloride tube 49 and glued thereto in the following succession counted from the bottom: 45, 41 , , 41 , 42.
  • Imme- diately below each anode body 48 a piece of liquid-permeable polypropy ⁇ lene paper 50 is mounted at a distance of 3.3 mm from the cap 45, 41 , .
  • the electrolyte is injected through a hole bored for each cell ⁇ n the wall of the tube 49, whereafter the holes are closed by means of silicon rubber stoppers.
  • the electrolyte is an aqueous solution which is 2-molar in respect of lead silicofluoride and 1 -molar in respect of lead methane sulfonate. Moreover, there is a small excess of the correspond ⁇ ing acids corresponding to 0.15-molar. For this battery the following values have been calculated :

Abstract

Dans une batterie d'accumulateurs electriques a sel de plomb a ou plusieurs elements avec des electrodes de premier ordre, l'anode de chaque element ou chaque element possede un corps d'anode actif (4) consistant en un materiau textile graphite a une temperature d'au moins 2500 C. Ce corps d'anode actif est connecte a une fermeture d'element electriquement conductrice impermeable a l'electrolyte (1) consistant en une resine artificielle moulee avec des fibres de graphite courtes inclues dans le moulage et distribuees de maniere uniforme egalement graphitees a une temperature d'au moins 2500 C. La connexion entre le corps d'anode actif et la fermeture d'element est etablie soit par collage a l'aide d'une colle de resine artificielle (5) melangee a des fibres de graphite courtes, egalement graphitees a une temperature d'au moins 2500 C soit en noyant les fibres a la surface du corps d'anode actif dans la resine artificielle de l'enceinte d'element (1) par ramollissement temporaire de la surface de ladite resine artificielle par la chaleur ou par application d'un solvant volatile. L'electrolyte est du silicofluorure de plomb (PbSiF6) et/ou du sulfonate de methane de plomb (Pb(CH3SO3)2) en solution aqueuse. L'element ou chaque element de la batterie peut etre ferme hermetiquement en permanence etant donne qu'il ne se produit aucun gaz a l'interieur de la batterie.In a multi-cell lead salt electric storage battery with first-order electrodes, the anode of each cell or cell has an active anode body (4) consisting of a graphite textile material at a temperature of at least 2500 C. This active anode body is connected to an electrolyte-impermeable electrically conductive element closure (1) consisting of an artificial resin molded with short graphite fibers included in the molding and distributed from uniformly also graphite at a temperature of at least 2500 C. The connection between the active anode body and the element closure is established either by gluing using an artificial resin glue (5) mixed with short graphite fibers, also graphite at a temperature of at least 2500 C or by embedding the fibers on the surface of the active anode body in the artificial resin of the element enclosure (1) by temporary softening of thesurface of said artificial resin by heat or by application of a volatile solvent. The electrolyte is lead silicofluoride (PbSiF6) and / or lead methane sulfonate (Pb (CH3SO3) 2) in aqueous solution. The cell or each cell of the battery can be hermetically sealed at all times since no gas is produced inside the battery.

Description

Lead salt electric storage battery .
This invention relates to a lead salt electric storage battery with electrodes of first order, i . e. a battery in which the active materi¬ als are deposited as coatings on the electrodes during charging and are again dissolved in the electrolyte during discharging . Such batteries are known per se.
Electric batteries with electrodes of first order and electroly¬ tes other than lead salts are also known in a great many varieties, and many of these have satisfactory properties for various uses . However, the invention is directed specifically to the problems of lead salt batteri¬ es , which have the potential advantage of providing a relatively inexpen¬ sive medium for the reversible storage of electric energy for general purposes .
Lead salt electric storage batteries of the type considered are known from the Western German published applications Nos . 2, 451 ,017 and 2,532, 512. These batteries contain as electrolyte aqueous solutions of lead salts of perchloric acid, tetrafluoro boric acid , hexafluoro silicic acid and/or amido sulfonic acid . From the electrolyte lead dioxide and metallic lead are deposited during charging on the anode and the cathode respectively in the form of coatings, from which they are again dissolved during discharging . By the anode is to be understood , through¬ out this specification , the electrode which forms the positive pole during discharge. I n the known batteries considered the anode consists of a porous, graphite-filled artificial resin having a pore volume of 20-70% and containing 50-80% graphite by weight.
It is the object of the invention to construct a lead salt elec¬ tric battery with electrodes of first order and with an anode body com¬ prising graphite in such a manner as completely to avoid the development of gas , even transitϊonally, within the cell or each cell of the battery, while at the same time obtaining compactness of structure, a high mechanical , electrical and chemical stability and a high amp-hours capacity in relation to volume and weight.
According to the invention , a lead salt battery of the type described is characterized by the combination of the fol lowing features : a) the active anode body consists of a textile material graphi ¬ tized at a temperature of at least 2500 C, b) the active anode body is connected with an electrolyte-im¬ pervious , electrically conductive cel l closure consisting of moulded artificial resin with moulded-in , uniformly distributed short-cut g raphite fibers likewise graphitized at a temperature of at least 2500 C, c) the connection between the active anode body and the cel closure is established either by gluing with an artificial resin glue wit mixed-in short-cut graphite fibers, likewise graphitized at a temperatur of at least 2500 C , or by embedding fibers at the surface of the activ anode body in the artificial resin of the cell closure by temporar softening of the - surface of said artificial resin by heat or by th application of a volatile solvent, d) the electrolyte consists of lead silicofluoride (PbSiF- b and/or lead methane sulfonate (Pb(CH_SO-)_) dissolved in water.
It has been found that with the above mentioned combinatio of construction materials and electrolyte, development of gas in the cel is completely avoided, and a high chemical stability is achieved. A important factor in achieving this result is that the only electricall conducting material , to which the electrolyte has access on the anov side of the cell , is graphite which has been graphitized at a temperatur of at least 2500°C .
A graphitized textile material distinguishes itself by having great pore volume, e.g . about 85%, and the textile structure provides particularly great pore surface as related to the pore volume. Thi surface consists of pure carbon in graphite form as contrasted to th combined carbon and artificial resin surface of the anode in the know lead salt batteries referred to above. This contributes to obtaining high amp-hours capacity for a given volume and a given weight of battery cell . I n spite of the great pore volume a graphitized textil material has a satisfactory mechanical strength . Graphitized textil materials are available on the market and are e. g . used as a reinforce ment for artificial resins . An example of a graphitized textile material i the product sold under the trade name SI GRATEX by Sigri Elektrogra phϊt GmbH . It is available in different types indicated by the additio of numerals indicating the woven structure and the graphitizin temperature which varies from 1000 C to 2600 C . As mentioned , for th purposes of the present invention , a material graphitized at a temperatu re of at least 2500°C should be used . A material marketed under th denomination S I GRATEX GDS 8-30 has been used for the construction o batteries according to the invention with good results . This material ha been made by graphitizing a textile material consisting of polyacrylonitri le. It may be possible to develop other graphitized textile material specially adapted for use as an anode material provided that the critica
-£ JRE O P minimum graphitizing temperature of 250D C is observed . Advantageously, the pore volume of the graphitized textile material amounts to about 40-70% of the total electrolyte volume. The anode body may, if necessa¬ ry, consist of more than one layer of the graphitized textile material .
5 E. g . the above mentioned commercial product is available in a layer thickness of 0.9 mm and when using this material it has been found suitable to employ more than one, e.g . three layers of this material in a battery according to the invention . When two or more layers of graphitized textile material are used , these may suitably be connected
10 with each other by sewing, preferably with graphite yarn . Thereby a very intimate electrical connection is obtained between the various layers of graphitized textile material . As a further possibility a plurality of textile material layers may be stitched together before the graphitizing so that the sewing yarn is graphitized together with the
15 layers, or by special weaving methods a material may be produced which consists of a plurality of inter-woven layers which are then graphitized as a whole. It may also be possible to use a pile fabric.
When a plurality of layers of graphitized textile material is used, an alternative method of interconnecting these is to glue them
20 together spot-wise by means of an electrically conducting glue or adhesi¬ ve which should then fulfil the same conditions as will be specified below for the gluing together of the anode body and the cell closure. This is a simple method , but it will result in some reduction of the capacity and some increase of the contact resistance between the various
25 layers.
Examples of artificial resins suitable for the moulding of the cell closure are polyethylene, polypropylene or polystyrene, with which graphite fibers are admixed before the moulding . Other artificial resins may also be used , provided of course that these materials do not in
30 themselves give rise to the development of gas under the conditions prevailing in the cell , which may easily be determined by experiment. The graphite fibers are referred to above as "short-cut" , and one way of producing such graphite fibers is to crush a graphitized textile material , such as that used for the anode body. It is advantageous ,
35 however, that the particles thereby produced should still have an elongated fibrous shape, because this contributes to increasing the conductivity of the cell closure. The graphite content may e. g . amount to about 30%. For the purposes of the invention it is not essential that the
\ ( O PI ~ - element referred to as cell closure should in itself have a sufficient m chanical strength for structural purposes. Its function is to close t cell chemically on the anode side and it could fulfil this function even it were in the form of an electrolyte-impervious film or coating on plate of higher mechanical strength .
Examples of artificial resin glues or adhesives suitable f connecting the active anode body with the cell closure 'are polyisobutyl ne solution and polystyrene solution , with which graphite fibers a admixed as above mentioned . Other artificial resins may also be use provided that they have satisfactory adhesive properties and do not i themselves give rise to the development of gas under the condition prevailing in the cell . The gluing may take place over the whole area the anode, but it is important that the glue does not to a substanti extent penetrate into the graphitized textile material because the po volume would thereby be reduced . As regards the graphite fibers to b admixed with the glue, the same conditions apply as to the graphi fibers of the cell closure.
I n the alternative method of uniting the anode body and th cell closure by embedding fibers at the surface of the active anod body in the artificial resin of the cell closure, the temporary softenin of the surface of the said artificial resin may be performed by applyin a volatile solvent, such as chloroform, to the surface of the cell closur whereby the artificial resin material of the cell closure is superficiall dissolved, whereafter the anode body is pressed against the cell closur e. g . by weight-loading , so that the textile fibers at the surface of th anode body may penetrate into the softened artificial resin . When th solvent has evaporated , the artificial resin again becomes solid an thereby firmly holds the fibers of the textile materiale, while at th same time an ideal electric connection is established between the fiber of the anode body and the graphite fibers in the artificial resin materi
An alternative method which has substantial ly the same result is to wel the anode body to the graphite-containing artificial resin material unde the application of heat which wholly or partly melts or fuses the surfa of the artificial resin material . The use of lead sϊlicofluoride (PbSiF_) as an electrolyte i b known per se, but not in combination with the structural arrangeme of a cell as above described . As mentioned, lead methane sulfona (Pb(CH„S03)?) may be used as an alternative to lead silicofluoride though the capacity wil l thereby be somewhat reduced . The best resul
O are obtained by using a mixture of lead silicofluoride and lead methane sulfonate in water. By adding lead methane sulfonate to lead silico¬ fluoride an increase of the conductivity of the electrolyte is observed, and it is assumed that additionally a dissociation of a greater number of double negative lead salt ions is obtained . The advantage obtained by the use of lead methane sulfonate occurs already at a relative low proportion of this material and increases with this proportion up to a certain limit. According to the tests that have been run optimum results are obtained by using an aqueous solution which is about 1 .8 molar in respect of lead silicofluoride ands about 1 .2 molar in respect of lead methane sulfonate. Moreover, the electrolyte may advantageously contain a small excess, about 0.15 molar, of the corresponding acids .
In the known lead salt batteries with electrodes of first order it is customary to arrange the electrodes in vertical position and to cir- culate the electrolyte along the electrodes by means of special pumping devices . These increase the weight of the battery, consume energy and detract from the reliability of the battery, because they are vulnerable and complicated devices . I n contradistinction thereto, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, the cell or each cell of the battery is permanently hermetically closed and , at least during charging, is disposed with the electrodes in horizontal position and with the anode at the top. This arrangement is possible because the develop¬ ment of gas in the battery cell has been completely avoided , and owing to the horizontal arrangement of the electrodes the necessary movement of the electrolyte may take place by diffusion so that no pumping is required . By placing the cathode at the bottom of the cell during charging , the danger of the formation of dendrites with consequent danger of short-circuit is prevented .
The hermetically closed cells can be filled with the electrolyte by injection through a hole which is then closed by a stopper. If neces¬ sary, each individual cell may be provided with an expansion chamber or an expansible wall . Where a number of cells are surrounded by a common wail , this may e. g . be constructed in the form of a bellows . The material or materials used for the cathode, on which metallic lead is deposited during charging of the battery, are not subject to any critical conditions . For reasons of economic production it may be practical to make the cathode from the same materials as the cell closure on the anode side. This is particularly the case where a number of cells are superposed to form a multi-cell battery, because the anode may
OMPI • . WIP then simply be used as a bipolar electrode, the cell closure part of th anode forming the cathode of the cell next above. A cathode exactl corresponding to the cell closure of the anode, but without any anod body attached thereto may then form the bottom of the stack, and sinc this, like the cell closure, is electrically conducting, external conducto may be directly connected to these elements . Various examples of th connection of external conductors to the end elements of a battery wil be described in the following .
The invention will now be described in further detail with re ference to some examples illustrated in the drawing , in which
Fig . 1 shows dϊagrammatϊcally a section through a one-cell ba tery representing a first and a second example, Fig . 2 shows a broken longitudinal section through a seven cell battery representing a third example, Fig . 3 is a side view of a sixty-cell battery representing fourth example, Fig . 4 shows on a larger scale a vertical part section throug the battery of Fig . 3, and Fig . 5 is a top view of the battery of Fig . 3. Example 1 : One-cell battery, Fig . 1 .
Two elements are made by moulding under heat and pressur from a mixture of one part by weight of polyethylene and two parts b weight of short-cut, e. g . crushed graphite fibers . The two elements, which each constitutes a circular plate with a thickness of 0.4 mm and diameter of 50 mm with a protruding collar portion , are referred to a anode cap 1 and cathode cap 2 respectively. The anode cap 1 is electro lytically copper-plated on its outer face to form a thin layer 3, while a anode body 4 consisting of graphitized porous textile material is glue to the inner face of the anode cap 1 over the whole of its area b means of an electrically conducting glue 5 consisting of polyisobutylen and short-cut graphite fibers . The porous textile material , which ha been graphitized at 2500°C , has a thickness of 2.7 mm and a por volume of 85%. The cathode cap 2 is electrolytϊcally copper-plated on it outer face to form a layer 6. A piece of liquid-permeable polypropylen paper 8 is glued to a thin-walled polyvinylchloride ring 7 so as t extend smoothly and in a stretched state across the cross-sectional are of the ring 7. The anode cap 1 is introduced into the ring 7 on on side of the polypropylene paper 8 so as to bring the graphitized porou textile material 4 into contact with the polypropylene paper 8, whereaft the cap 1 is fixed to the ring 7 by gluing . On the other side of the polypropylene paper the cathode cap 2 is introduced into the ring 7 and fixed by gluing in a position such that the free distance from the polypropylene paper 8 to the cap 2 is 2 mm. The polypropylene paper serves as a liquid-pervious supporting diaphragm or separator which prevents any detached graphite particles from penetrating into the electrolyte.
A hole is bored in the side of the ring 7, the electrolyte is injected and the hole is closed by means of a silicon rubber stopper. The electrolyte is an aqueous solution which is 3-molar in respect of lead silicofluoride and which additionally contains a small excess , 0.15- molar, of the corresponding acid .
With such a cell the following test results have been obtained: By charging with 0.5 A the cell takes up 0.69 Ah . By dis- charging with 0.35 A it delivers 0.65 Ah in the course of 112 minutes, while at the same time the pole voltage drops from 1 .8 V to 1 .4 V. The average voltage during discharge is 1 .66 V and the specific energy con¬ tent is 46 Wh/kg . Example 2: One-cell battery, Fig. 1 . The build-up is the same as in example 1 , however, the elec¬ trolyte is in this case an aqueous solution which is 1 .8-molar in respect of lead silicofluoride and 1 .2-molar in respect of lead methane sulfonate. Moreover, there is a small excess of the corresponding acids corre¬ sponding to 0.15-molar. The following test results have been obtained :
By charging with 0.5 A the cell takes up 0.69 Ah . By dis¬ charging with 0.35 A it delivers 0.65 Ah in the course of 112 minutes, while at the same time the pole voltage drops from 1 .8 V to 1 .4 V . The average voltage during discharge is 1 .69 V and the specific energy con- tent is 49 Wh/kg .
Example 3: Seven-cell battery, Fig . 2.
Six identical caps 11 are made by moulding under heat and pressure from 11 parts by weight of polystyrene and 10 parts by weight of crushed graphite fibers . The caps have a thickness of 0.5 mm and a diameter of 150 mm and are constructed with a protruding collar portion . Moreover, a top cap 12 and a bottom cap 13 are produced , each having a thickness of 1 mm . Tin-plated steel plates 14 and 15, respectively, having a thickness of 0.25 mm, and to which tin-plated steel wire nets 16 and 17, respectively, are attached by spot soldering , are
O PI ~ pressed into the top cap 12 and the bottom cap 13, respectively. A anode body 19 having a thickness of 2.7 mm and consisting of porou textile material graphitized at 2500°C and having a pore volume of 85 is fixed to each of the caps 11 and 12 in an interface layer 18 by mean of chloroform vapour. The caps are introduced into and glued to thin-walled polyvinylchloride tube 20 in the following succession startin from the bottom : 13, 11 , , 11 , 12. Immediately below each' anod body 19 a piece of liquid-permeable polypropylene paper 21 is mounte at a distance of 2 mm from the cap 13, 11 , , 11 next below b means of 2 mm high spacing rings distributed over the cross-sectiona area .
Electrolyte is injected through holes bored in the wall of th tube 20, and the holes are then closed by means of silicon rubber stop pers . The electrolyte is an aqueous solution which is 1 .8-molar i respect of lead silicofluoride and 1 .2-molar in respect of lead methan sulfonate. Moreover, there is a small excess, 0.15-molar, of the corre sponding acids .
The following test results have been obtained :
By charging with 4.5 A the battery takes up 6.2 Ah . B discharging with 3.15 A it delivers 5.8 Ah in the course of 110 minutes while at the same time the pole voltage drops from 12.6 V to 9.8 V . The average voltage during discharge is 11 .8 V and the specific energ content is 50 Wh/kg . Example-4: Sixty-cell battery, Figs . 3, 4 and 5. Fiftynine identical caps 41 are made by moulding under hea and pressure from 11 parts by weight of polystyrene and 10 parts b weight of crushed graphite fibers . The caps have a thickness of 0. mm, are square with a side length of 550 mm and are constructed wit a protruding collar portion . A top cap 42 is made from the same polysty rene/graphite fiber mixture and has a thickness of 1 .5 mm . Moreover, an aluminum top cover 43 is made by injection moulding in the form of square plate which on its upper side is constructed with re-inforcemen ribs 53 and an upwardly extending edge 54. A circular plug 52 of steel is pressed into a hole of the top cover 43 by crimping . The plug 52 i tin-plated on its top face. It serves for the connection of an oute supply conductor by means of a magnet. The aluminum top cover 43 i tin-plated on its underside, and a tin-plated steel wire net 44 is attach thereto by a multitude of spot solderings . The aluminum top cover i pressed into the top cap 42 with application of heat. A bottom cap 45 having a thickness of 1 .5 mm is made from the same polystyrene/graphite fiber mixture. A bottom cover 46 consist¬ ing of a steel plate, which is provided with a collar 55 and a flange 56, fits in the bottom cap. The flange 56 extends beyond the contour of the bottom cap and is provided with holes 47 for the electrically conducting fastening of the battery. The steel plate is tin-plated on its upper face and a tin-plated steel wire net is attached thereto by a multitude of spot solderings . The bottom cover 46 is pressed into the bottom cap 45 with the application of heat. An anode body 48 having a thickness of 3.6 mm and consisting of a porous textile material graphitized at 2500°C and having a pore volume of 85% is welded into each of the fiftynine caps 41 by means of chloroform vapour. The caps are introduced into a square polyvinylchloride tube 49 and glued thereto in the following succession counted from the bottom: 45, 41 , , 41 , 42. Imme- diately below each anode body 48 a piece of liquid-permeable polypropy¬ lene paper 50 is mounted at a distance of 3.3 mm from the cap 45, 41 , . , 41 next below by means of small spacing rings (not shown) distri¬ buted over the cross-sectional area and having a height of 3.3 mm . The electrolyte is injected through a hole bored for each cell ϊn the wall of the tube 49, whereafter the holes are closed by means of silicon rubber stoppers. The electrolyte is an aqueous solution which is 2-molar in respect of lead silicofluoride and 1 -molar in respect of lead methane sulfonate. Moreover, there is a small excess of the correspond¬ ing acids corresponding to 0.15-molar. For this battery the following values have been calculated :
By charging with 70 A the battery takes up 136 Ah . By discharging with 62.5 A it delivers 125 Ah in the course of 120 minutes, while at the same time the pole voltage drops from 110 V to 84 V . The average voltage during discharge is 102.5 V and the specific energy content is 52 Wh/kg .
The term "artificial resins" as used in the description and claims of this application should be interpreted in its broadest sense, i . e. as generally synonymous with "plastics materials" (in German " Kunststoffe" ) .
OMPI

Claims

C l a i m s:
1. Lead salt electric storage battery with electrodes of firs order, having an active anode body comprising graphite, c h a r a c t e r ϊ z e d by the combination of the following features: a) the active anode body (4, 19, 48) consists of a textil material graphitized at a temperature of at least 2500 C, b) the active anode body (4, 19, 48) is connected with a electrolyte-impervious, electrically conductive cell closure (1, 11, 12 41, 42) consisting of moulded artificial resin with moulded-in, uniforml distributed short-cut graphite fibers likewise graphitized at a temperatu re of at least 2500°C, c) the con.nectϊon between the active anode body (4, 19, 48 and the cell closure (1, 11, 12, 41, 42) is established either by gluin with an artificial resin glue (5) with mixed-ϊn short-cut graphite fibers likewise graphitized at a temperature of at least 2500°C, or by embeddi fibers at the surface of the active anode body in the artificial resin o the cell closure, by temporary softening of the surface of said artificia resin by heat or by the application of a volatile solvent, d) the electrolyte consists of lead silicofluoride (PbSiF- and/or lead methane sulfonate (Pb(CH_SO-)?) dissolved in water.
2. Lead salt electric battery as in claim 1, c h a r a c t e r iz e d in that the cell or each cell of the battery is permanentl hermetically closed and, at least during charging, is disposed with th electrodes in horizontal position and with the anode at the top.
3. Lead salt electric battery as in claim 1 or 2, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the electrolyte is an aqueous solution which i about 1.8-molar in respect of PbSiF- and about 1.2-molar in respect o Pb(CH3S03)2.
4. Lead salt electric battery as in claim 3, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the electrolyte contains a small excess, about 0.15-molar of the corresponding acids.
OMP
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